The StarTribune

“Orange,” a coming-of-age story involving marriage, adventure and autism that gets its world premiere Friday at Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis… The play centers on Leela (Elyse Ahmad), a young woman on the autism spectrum. On the eve of a family wedding, she goes on a California joy ride in search of the perfect citrus fruit. Along the way she meets colorfully mythic and real characters…

The Boston Globe

Brahma the creator appears as a stand-up comedian working through gender-assignment issues on stage. Vishnu the protector appears as a tough-girl avatar named Kalki, who saves a couple of outcasts from the dangers of high school. And Shiva the destroyer sails her mattress on a “cosmic ocean” while trying to navigate post-colonial identity and post-concert T-shirt sales…

The StarTribune

"To pack up and leave your loved ones, change your language, your food, for an unknown land -- that's a huge risk," [Kapil] said. "We have romanticized it as a nation of immigrants, but it involves a lot of loss and often ends in failure. This play is about celebrating the spirit of those who made the leap"... "Agnes Under the Big Top," which premieres today at Mixed Blood Theatre, deals with the isolation…